2022 - a year of friendship!
Let's be thankful for
2021 , a year to take courage.
We
shared knowledge , and
continue .
We
talked , and
continue .
We
remembered great people , and continue.
We enjoyed
places, songs and food with friends, and
continue !
Calendar for 2022
2021 was another green year
forest in snow
creek frozen
pilewort
glories-of-the-snow
rapseed field
sweetbriar rose
Lady's mantle
sunflowers
roses
poplar
common spindle
frost in December
Music
Advent
27 November
St. Martin, Idstein · women's choir:
4 December St. Martin, Idstein
18 December
St. Martin, Idstein
Did you know ...
Christmas
24 December
St. Martin, Idstein
Did you know ...
January
... that
star singers from the Munich parish of
St. Martin, Moosach , were received by
Angela Merkel in 2012?
29 January St. Martin, Idstein
... that "
Nahe wollt der Herr uns sein " (The Lord wanted to be close to us), first written in Dutch by
Huub Oosterhuis in 1964, was included in the 1975 German hymnal
Gotteslob ?
February
Did you know ...
... that operatic
soprano
Elena Tsallagova has been described as a natural actress who can make even looking around a corner interesting?
19 February
St. Martin, Idstein
20 February
Oper Frankfurt
... that the
mezzo-soprano of
Beth Taylor was the only lower voice when she appeared as Dardano in Handel's
Amadigi , portraying her
male character with fine vocal lines and "remarkable
coloraturas "?
March
Did you know ...
... that "
Bewahre uns, Gott " (Keep us, God) is a
hymn for protection and blessing that
Eugen Eckert derived from a 1968 peace song written and composed in Argentina?
... that
Anna Korsun , a composer who studied in Kyiv and Munich, and teaches in Amsterdam, was awarded a scholarship at the
Villa Massimo in Rome in 2018?
... that
Monika Buczkowska , who appeared as a student at the
Grand Theatre, Poznań , as
Mozart's Susanna , was a soloist in
Beethoven's Ninth Symphony at a charity concert for Ukraine at the
Alte Oper ?
... that during a German charity concert for Ukraine, Slovakian singer
Judita Nagyová performed a solo in the finale of
Beethoven's Ninth Symphony ?
... that
AJ Glueckert appeared at the
Metropolitan Opera as
Erik in 2017, described as a "clarion sensitive tenor", and at the
Oper Frankfurt as
Flamand in 2018, with "passionate power"?
... that when public radio stations aired
Beethoven's Ninth Symphony in solidarity with Ukraine on 10 March 2022, the
bass voice of
Anthony Robin Schneider was heard live
from Frankfurt and recorded
from Auckland ?
... that after the Ukrainian soprano
Olga Bezsmertna won the
Neue Stimmen competition in 2011, she was engaged at the
Vienna State Opera ?
... that the melody of Mozart's aria "
Dove sono " from
Le nozze di Figaro , asking "Where are those happy moments ...?", begins similarly to the Agnus Dei from his earlier
Coronation Mass ?
... that
Katharina Konradi , a
soprano born in Kyrgyzstan, made a recording of
lieder with pianist
Gerold Huber including settings by
Lori Laitman of children's poems written in
Terezin ?
... that that American soprano
Emily Pogorelc went from winning the 2018 "Most Promising Talent" prize at
Glyndebourne to appearing as
Mozart's Cherubino at the
Munich Opera Festival ?
... that
compositions by Graham Waterhouse range from the beginning of his
String Sextet , Op. 1, in 1979 to the Fantasia Ucraina for two violins in 2022?
... that all
stanzas of the song "
Gott liebt diese Welt " begin with this line, sending the message that God loves this world to young Christians in
Mecklenburg after the
Berlin Wall was built?
... that the text of the hymn "
Herr, nimm auch uns zum Tabor mit " was written in 2001 because few German hymns dealt with the
transfiguration of Jesus , an annual reading during
Lent ?
... that when
Bernardin Schellenberger wrote the 1978
hymn "
Selig, wem Christus auf dem Weg begegnet ", he was
prior at
Mariawald Abbey , a
Trappist monastery?
April
9 April
St. Martin, Idstein
15 April · Good Friday Chor St. Martin, Idstein
16 April · Easter Vigil Chor St. Martin, Idstein
17 April · Easter
Chor von St. Bonifatius (not me)
Did you know ...
... that the Johannespassion by
Wolfram Menschick , a setting of the
Passion according to
St John for three soloists and choir, was performed today at
Essen Cathedral ?
... that in the twelve-
stanza Easter hymn "
Ihr Christen, singet hocherfreut ", based on
a 15th-century hymn in Latin , an angel tells women to not remain at the empty tomb?
23 April St. Martin, Idstein
Did you know ...
... that when
Nadja Stefanoff portrayed the title role of Giordano's
Fedora at the
Oper Frankfurt , one reviewer complimented the brilliance and agility of her voice, assertive even when singing softly?
... that when
tenor
Jonathan Tetelman appeared as Loris Ipanov in Giordano's
Fedora , which had made
Caruso famous, a reviewer called him ideal for the role?
8 Jun
... that
Lorenzo Passerini , who has conducted several operas in Sydney, revived Giordano's
Fedora at the
Oper Frankfurt ?
... that the
Kyiv Symphony Orchestra brought music by three Ukrainian composers to concert halls in Poland and Germany in April 2022, including the
Berlin Philharmonie and the
Kurhaus Wiesbaden (pictured) ?
... that
Aleksey Semenenko from
Odessa , professor of violin at the
Folkwang University , was held in Ukraine for a month after a concert on 23 February, but played on a tour in Germany in April?
... that
Luigi Gaggero conducted the
Kyiv Symphony Orchestra in Germany in April 2022, restoring Lyatoshynsky's
Symphony No. 3 to its 1951 version, with the last movement themed "Peace will conquer war"?
May
Did you know ...
... that soprano
Sarah Traubel appeared as Inanna in Jörg Widmann's
Babylon for the opening of the 2022
Internationale Maifestspiele Wiesbaden ?
11 May ·
IMF
Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden
15 May Martinis, St. Martin, Idstein
... that in 2020 when Persian-Canadian
countertenor
Cameron Shahbazi performed in
Written on Skin in Cologne, his "Luciferian charm" and "iridescent voice" were noted?
... that Ukrainian baritone
Danylo Matviienko , who holds a master's degree in mathematics, appeared as Demetrius in Britten's
A Midsummer Night's Dream at the
Oper Frankfurt ?
22 May · Abendlob
Chor St. Martin, Idstein
28 May · Evensong
Chor von St. Bonifatius, Wiesbaden
Did you know ...
... that after bombing in World War II, the surviving tower of the
Friedenskirche , a Lutheran church in
Stuttgart , was combined with a new concrete structure?
... that songs from the collection "
Auf dem Weg durch diese Nacht " (On the way through this night) were performed at the 2022
Katholikentag ?
... that "
Öffnet eure Tore " is a 1810
hymn in German written by
Christoph Bernhard Verspoell for the
Feast of the Ascension , based on
Psalm 24
June
5 June
Westfälisches Musikfestival Hamm
6 June · Pentecost
Ecumenical Pentecost open air
6 June
Klassik zu Pfingsten
Did you know ...
... that the
Messe brève no. 7 by
Charles Gounod (pictured) is an 1890
Missa brevis that he derived from an earlier work for only two voices and
organ ?
... that the
Konzerthalle in
Bad Salzuflen , an example of
spa architecture in the 1960s, is one of the regular venues of the
Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie ?
... that
Linus Roth , who plays the 1703
Dancla Stradivarius violin, recorded all compositions by
Mieczysław Weinberg which feature a solo violin?
16 June · Corpus Christi
St. Martin, Idstein
19 June · Kirchweih
Chor und Orchester of St. Martin, Idstein
... that "
Ich lobe meinen Gott von ganzem Herzen " is a cheerful hymn based on the beginning of
Psalm 9 ?
... that when
Heather Engebretson portrayed the title role of Puccini's
Madama Butterfly for the first time, a reviewer said that her voice "can tremble with panic and shine with hope"?
... that
R. B. Schlather directed the world premiere of Hertzberg's chamber opera
The Rose Elf in Brooklyn, as well as Cimarosa's
L'Italiana in Londra and Puccini's
Madama Butterfly at the
Oper Frankfurt ?
... that the
Missa brevis in C by
František Brixi , an 18th-century
kapellmeister at
Prague Cathedral , was not published until 2004?
... that the only
trumpet concerto by
Antonio Vivaldi is
for two trumpets ?
26 June
women of Chor von St. Bonifatius
... that organist
Jehan Alain 's
Messe modale en septuor was written for a
septet of soprano, alto, flute and string quartet?
... that the 18th-century "
Danket, danket dem Herrn ", a thanksgiving
round based on
Psalm 106:1 , has been described as one of the most widespread rounds in German?
... that when the Canadian
baritone
Iain MacNeal appeared as
Odysseus in Dallapiccola's
Ulisse at the
Oper Frankfurt , a reviewer noted that he portrayed the "character's self-exegeses"?
... that when
Francesco Lanzillotta conducted Dallapiccola's
Ulisse at
Oper Frankfurt in 2022, a reviewer noted that he "does not shy away from agglomerations of sound"?
... that Colombian singer
Juanita Lascarro became a
soprano at the
Oper Frankfurt , where she appeared as both Calypso and Penelope in a new production of Dallapiccola's
Ulisse ?
... that in 2021
Sarah Aristidou recorded
Jörg Widmann 's Labyrinth V , a wordless piece for her
soprano voice with "
ululations , sobs, jazz inflections and wild laughter"?
July
Did you know ...
... that in a choral tour program titled Salmo! ,
Bach's 18th successor first conducted
Salmo 150 , an
a cappella setting of
Psalm 150 by the Brazilian composer
Ernani Aguiar ?
... that when pieces from
Mendelssohn 's
German Liturgy were sung by the
Thomanerchor (pictured) in 2022, a reviewer noted "a captivating purity in the tone of devotional Reformation romanticism"?
... that
Andreas Reize ranked
Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen , a choral setting of the first verses of
Psalm 84 by
Johann Hermann Schein , as one of three pinnacles of
motets before
Bach ?
... that when the new church of
St. Martinus in
Hattersheim was built in 1915 with
Jugendstil elements, the architect incorporated parts from the earlier church?
... that Stardust , the title of a composition by
Taylor Scott Davis for eight voices
a cappella commissioned by
Voces8 , became also the name of the vocal ensemble's 2022 tour?
... that Britten's
Five Flower Songs ,
part songs composed for a couple's 25th wedding anniversary, premiered at their estate
Dartington Hall ?
16 July · RMF
Kubus
17 July
Youth project choir St. Martin, Idstein
... that
Victória Pitts from Brazil portrayed characters in all three parts of Puccini's
Il trittico at the
Oper Frankfurt in 2022, including Zita in
Gianni Schicchi ?
... that
Pier Giorgio Morandi first played as the principal
oboist at
La Scala in Milan, and conducted a 2019 recorded production of Verdi's
Il trovatore at the
Verona Arena , directed by
Franco Zeffirelli ?
28 July · RMF
Kubus
... that the last of
three Regina coeli settings written by
Mozart for
Salzburg Cathedral is scored for four soloists, choir and orchestra?
August
Did you know ...
... that
Markus Becker , who earned awards for his recording of the complete piano works by
Max Reger , also recorded jazz?
24 August · RMF
Eberbach Abbey
31 August · RMF
Kubus
... that the Russian violinist
Evgeny Sviridov , who has been
concertmaster of the Baroque ensemble
Concerto Köln since 2015, has made an award-winning recording of sonatas by
Giuseppe Tartini ?
September
Did you know ...
... that
Jauchzet dem Herren, alle Welt by
Heinrich Schütz , a 1619 setting of
Psalm 100 for
double choir , was performed at the
Proms at the
Royal Albert Hall in 1972?
... that the walls of the
Kronberg Academy 's
Casals Forum (pictured) are curved and covered with wood in a manner reminiscent of a string instrument?
... that
Ella van Poucke , a cellist who studied at the
Kronberg Academy , returned there as a soloist, playing Haydn's
Cello Concerto No. 1 in the new
Casals Forum ?
... that the
Concerto for Piano and String Orchestra was described by its composer,
Alfred Schnittke , as sounding like a "blues nightmare" at one point?
October
8 October
St. Martin, Idstein
Did you know ...
... that "
Kommt herbei, singt dem Herrn " is a Christian hymn that
Diethard Zils wrote in 1972 as a paraphrase of
Psalm 95 to an Israeli melody?
... that
Talia Or (pictured) , who sang as the
Voice of a Falcon at
La Scala , was born in Israel and is based in Germany?
... that
Silvia Hauer , a singer of Rossini's
Rosina and Bizet's
Carmen at
Staatstheater Wiesbaden , performed the
mezzo-soprano solo of Verdi's
Requiem in 2022?
... that
Sung Min Song , who was an informatics engineer in Seoul until age 26, performed the extreme tenor role of Arnold in Rossini's
Guillaume Tell as his debut at the
Saarländisches Staatstheater ?
... that after
Domen Križaj from Slovenia was a prize winner in the singing competition
Neue Stimmen , he moved to the
Oper Frankfurt where he appeared as Massenet's
Albert and Mozart's
Papageno ?
16 October
Ecumenical service for the
22 October St. Martin, Idstein
30 October St. Martin, Idstein
... that the three lines of the traditional German
round "
Lobet und preiset, ihr Völker, den Herrn " are based on verses from three
psalms ?
... that "
Look at the world " is a 1996 choral harvest
anthem with text and music by
John Rutter , written for
CPRE "on the theme of the environment and our responsibility towards it"?
November
Did you know ...
... that the mass
Messe in A by
Christopher Tambling , originally set for high voices, proved so popular that a four-part version was commissioned.
... that
Concentricities , a 2019 clarinet–cello–piano trio by
Graham Waterhouse , musically depicts a theme of circular, spiraling, or oscillating concentric phenomena in nature and human structures? (2023)
... that
Four Epigraphs after Escher is a 1993
piano trio by
Graham Waterhouse for
viola ,
heckelphone and piano based on four graphic artworks by
M. C. Escher including
Reptiles ?
6 November
St. Martin
13 November
Presbyterian Church of
Katonah
December
7 December · concert
Kurhaus, Wiesbaden
14 December
Oper Frankfurt
24 December · Christmas Eve
Chor & Orchester St. Martin